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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Selkirk
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p><strong>ETTRICK RIVERSIDE</strong></p><p>The A listed Ettrick Mill group of buildings included the biggest multi-storey spinning mill in the Borders.��It was built for mule-spinning by James and Henry Brown of Galashiels, honorary burgesses of Selkirk.� This was later carried on by the Scotch Tweed Manufacturing Society and from 1895 was the Ettrick Tweed and Blanket Mill of the Scottish Wholesale Cooperative Society, converted solely to spinning by Ettrick and Yarrow Spinners Limited from 1962.� Spinning ceased in the multi-storey mill in 1989.� In its heyday over 20,000 people were employed on the site in the spinning, weaving and knitwear industries.�</p><p>As well as the main mill, remaining buildings from the complex include the former pump house,�the weaving shed, the engine house and the still to be restored�yarn store.</p>
OpeningTime1
10.00-16.00
OpeningDate1
19/9/2009
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
11400
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Ettrick Riverside
AddressLine2
Dunsdale Road
Postcode
TD7 5EB
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Engine House
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
scottishborders
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
923
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.55399,-2.839622;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Now sensitively refurbished and named the Engine House, this building dates from 1858-65, and was extended to the NE in 1895.� Once used to power the huge mills this former engine shed/boiler house has been brought back to life by Allied Surveyors for their own offices with many of the original features retained.</p><p>Rubble-built with ashlar dressings. Central gabled engine house with three arched lights, skewputts oculus and ball finial. Lower three bays to right with roundheaded lights. Large semi-circular window over long opening with steel lintel. Projecting bay to the north with cast-iron roof tank inscribed with "Melrose & Sons Engineers and Ironfounders Hawick".��</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1858-65, Extended to NE in 1895